[Dixielandjazz] AWFUL SAD: THE SWEET AND HOT MUSIC FESTIVAL

[Janie McCue Lynch]

No, Norman, you weren't the only one...I just saw this depressing news this AM.   Michael's "Awful Sad" says so much....losing both the Orange County Festival and now the Sweet'n'Hot is leaving a huge, huge void in So Cal.  Financially understandable, but musically just so "awful sad."   

Janie
janie39 at socal.rr.com


From: Norman Vickers [mailto:nvickers1 at cox.net] 

Maybe everyone knows this except me..  But, then again, as Thomas “Fats” Waller famously said, “  One never knows, do one?”
I had some good times there in past years, none recent.  But I got good reports from those who attended,.
Norman


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AWFUL SAD: THE SWEET AND HOT MUSIC FESTIVAL
by jazzlives 
It is possible to feel a stinging grief at the loss of an institution.  I write these words in a very sorrowful mood, because I have learned that the 2012 Sweet and Hot Music Festival has been cancelled. 
I came late to this particular party: my first (and only) encounter with this musical cornucopia was during the 2011 Labor Day weekend.  But as I've documented elsewhere on JAZZ LIVES, it was overflowing with good music -- sweet and hot -- and good feeling.   
I understand why enterprises of this scope find it impossible to continue, and I don't plan to analyze the economic realities of 2012 here.  I feel so sorry for the musicians who have lost another place to play, and for the hard-working people behind the scenes, especially my dear friend Laurie Whitlock, one of the hardest-working and kindest people in jazz.  For now, I will think fondly of a whirlwind of jazz . . . I documented it on many videos on YouTube, but the future -- at least my own version of it -- isn't going to be the same without the Sweet and Hot Music Festival. 
I originally planned to add a video performance or two from the 2011 Sweet and Hot Music Festival to show what had happened there . . . and, by extension, what the dimensions of our loss would be -- but it seemed an impiety.  My feelings find their best expression in silence. 
This is the space where the Sweet and Hot Music Festival used to be.
jazzlives | February 11, 2012 at 10:13 AM | Tags: Jazz Lives, Laurie Whitlock, Michael Steinman, Sweet and Hot Music Festival | Categories: Awful Sad, Irreplaceable, The Things We Love | URL: http://wp.me/pckf2-4hS 
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